Indian Removal in Iowa
Chief Black Hawk (1767-1838)
Influence of European Culture
Conflict Between Cultures
European Explorers Meet Early Iowans
Spanish Meet Indians
Land Ownership
Indian Agents
Sac and Mesquakie Move to Iowa
Only Sioux Remained in Iowa
Massacre at Spirit Lake
Mesquakies Return to Iowa
Mesquakie Maintain Culture
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Spanish Meet Indians
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Time Frame: Early 1500's
In the early 1500s the Spanish were the first Europeans to interact with the Indians. They tried to force the Indians to convert to Christianity. The Indians had their own religions and weren't always interested in changing to Christianity.
“First People of the Prairies,” The Iowa Heritage: Program # 1, Iowa Public Television, 1979.
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Transcript
The Spanish were among the first to arrive. They considered themselves adventures and explorers and sought their fortunes in gold and precious metals. They saw the Indians as a race to be conquered and converted to Christianity. But the Indians had religions of their own and resisted any influence from these strange new people. The Spanish had difficulty understanding such attitudes and their persistence resulted in some bloody conflict between the two cultures.
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